Down and Out in Paris and London - Annotated Edition

In late 1927, at the age of twenty-four, George Orwell relocated to a tiny flat on London''s Portobello Road, and from there embarked on a series of exploratory "tramping" expeditions to the city''s East End, then a place of great squalor and deprivation. Later he moved to Paris''s bohemian Latin Quarter, where, in early 1929, during a bout of serious illness, he was the victim of a robbery that left him in a state of near destitution, forcing him to work punishing hours in a series of menial jobs, including as a restaurant dishwasher. These real-life experiences laid the foundations for what would be the young writer''s first full-length work.Populated by a troupe of colourful characters, replete with penetrating observations and cast in the limpid prose that would become Orwell''s hallmark, Down and Out in Paris and London - published by Victor Gollancz in 1933 - provides both an invaluable historical snapshot and an insight into the perennial social evils of inequality, poverty and alienation.>

About the author

Eric Blair (1903-50), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was a novelist, journalist and critic, best remembered for his seminal novels 1984 and Animal Farm, and for works of non-fiction such as The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

Product details

• Authors: George Orwell
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 26.09.2024
• EAN: 9781847499271
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-927-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Alma Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Narrative theme: Social issues, Poverty and precarity